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Snal Linux


Last Update: 2025-02-11 00:34 UTC

Snal Linux is a small Linux distribution based on Arch Linux. It features the i3 window manager and it includes the Firefox web browser, as well as a handful of network and filesystem utilities. It is intended to be used as a live image to troubleshoot hard disk, system and network problems.

Popularity (hits per day): 12 months: 146 (60), 6 months: 131 (75), 3 months: 135 (75), 4 weeks: 209 (37), 1 week: 215 (33)

Average visitor rating: 6.5/10 from 2 review(s).

Snal Linux Summary
Distribution Snal Linux
Home Page https://snallinux.sourceforge.io/
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 • 2022-11-28: Distribution Release: Snal Linux 1.24
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Feature 1.37 1.35 1.30 1.24 1.11 1.1
Release Date 2025-02-10 2024-12-09 2023-10-28 2022-11-28 2021-11-24 2020-11-28
End Of Life            
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free
Image Size (MB) 1900-2000 1900-2000 1500-1600 1500-1600 1400-1500 1400-1500
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical
Default Desktop i3 i3 i3 i3 i3 i3
Package Management Pacman Pacman Pacman Pacman Pacman Pacman
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed
Office Suite -- -- -- -- -- --
Processor Architecture x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64
Init Software systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd
Journaled File Systems -- -- -- -- -- --
Multilingual -- -- -- -- -- --
Asian Language Support -- -- -- -- -- --
Full Package List 1.37 1.35 1.30 1.24 1.11 1.1
Package 1.37 1.35 1.30 1.24 1.11 1.1
abiword (3.0.6) -- -- -- -- -- --
alsa-lib (1.2.13) 1.2.13 1.2.13 1.2.10 1.2.8 1.2.5.1 1.2.4
amdgpu (23.0.0) -- -- -- -- -- --
bash (5.2.37) 5.2 5.2 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.0
bind (9.20.7) 9.20.5 9.20.3 9.18.19 9.18.8 9.16.23 9.16.8
chromium (134.0.6998.165) -- -- -- -- -- --
cups (2.4.11) -- -- -- -- -- --
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) 4.4.3-P1 4.4.3-P1 4.4.3-P1 4.4.3-P1 4.4.2-P1 4.4.2
e2fsprogs (1.47.2) 1.47.2 1.47.1 1.47.0 1.46.5 1.46.4 1.45.6
firefox (136.0.3) 135.0 133.0 119.0 107.0 94.0.2 83.0
freetype (2.13.3) 2.13.3 2.13.3 2.13.2 2.12.1 2.11.0 2.10.4
gcc (14.2.0) 14.2.1 14.2.1 13.2.1 12.2.0 11.1.0 10.2.0
gimp (3.0.2) -- -- -- -- -- --
glibc (2.41) 2.41 2.40 2.38 2.36 2.33 2.32
gnome-shell (48.0) -- -- -- -- -- --
gnucash (5.10) -- -- -- -- -- --
gnumeric (1.12.59) -- -- -- -- -- --
grub (2.12) 2.12 2.12 2.12rc1 2.06 -- --
gtk (4.18.2) 3.24.48 3.24.43 3.24.38 3.24.35 3.24.30 3.24.23
httpd (2.4.63) -- -- -- -- -- --
inkscape (1.4) -- -- -- -- -- --
k3b (24.12.3) -- -- -- -- -- --
kmod (34.1) 33 33 31 30 29 27
krita (5.2.9) -- -- -- -- -- --
LibreOffice (25.2.1) -- -- -- -- -- --
linux (6.14) 6.13.2 6.12.3 6.5.9 6.0.10 5.15.4 5.9.10
Package 1.37 1.35 1.30 1.24 1.11 1.1
lxpanel (0.10.1) -- -- -- -- -- --
mariadb (11.6.2) -- -- -- -- -- --
mate-desktop (1.28.2) -- -- -- -- -- --
mesa (25.0.2) 24.3.4 24.3.1 23.2.1 22.2.3 21.2.5 20.2.3
mysql (9.2.0) -- -- -- -- -- --
nautilus (48.0) -- -- -- -- -- --
NVIDIA (570.133.07) -- -- -- -- -- --
openbox (3.6.1) -- -- -- -- -- --
openjdk (24) -- -- -- -- -- --
openssh (9.9p2) 9.9p1 9.9p1 9.5p1 9.1p1 8.8p1 8.4p1
openssl (3.4.1) 3.4.0 3.4.0 3.1.4 3.0.7 1.1.1l 1.1.1h
perl (5.40.1) 5.40.1 5.40.0 5.38.0 5.36.0 5.34.0 5.32.0
php (8.4.5) -- -- -- -- -- --
plasma-desktop (6.3.3) -- -- -- -- -- --
postfix (3.10.1) -- -- -- -- -- --
postgresql (17.4) -- -- -- -- -- --
Python (3.13.2) 3.13.1 3.12.7 3.11.5 3.10.8 3.9.7 3.8.6
qt (6.8.2) 6.8.2 6.8.1 6.6.0 5.15.7 5.15.2 5.15.2
samba (4.22.0) -- -- -- 4.17.3 4.15.2 4.13.2
systemd (257.4) 257.2 256.9 254.5 252.2 249.7 246.6
thunderbird (136.0.1) -- -- -- -- -- --
vim (9.1) -- -- 9.0 9.0 8.2 8.2
vlc (3.0.21) 3.0.21 3.0.21 3.0.19 3.0.17.4 3.0.16 --
wayland (1.23.1) 1.23.1 1.23.1 1.22.0 1.21.0 1.19.0 1.18.0
xfdesktop (4.20.1) -- -- -- -- 4.16.0 4.14.3
xorg-server (21.1.16) 21.1.15 21.1.14 21.1.9 21.1.4 21.1.1 1.20.9

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Version: 1.32
Rating: 3
Date: 2024-04-23
Votes: 2


 If you want old school basic Linux, then welcome to Snal!

About as minimal as you can get, but using nearly 2 GB of RAM for some reason.

I really don't see the point of this, when there are much better lightweight distros about with more features and that use a lot less RAM.

It doesn't boot particularly quickly either, which leaves me wondering if a rating of 3 is perhaps being a little too generous.

On the plus side..... well there is no plus side really, even the ISO is pretty large for such a minimalist distro

And the 'Snal' name next to an obviously snail graphic is both confusing and just plain wrong.

Apart from that I love it !


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Version: 1.7
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-08-13
Votes: 2


 Excellent for Live PC, NAS (SAMBA), and browser use.

Great compliment of current utilities!


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